n.needlessly time-consuming procedure

同義詞：bureaucratic procedurered tape

Red Tape
From Red Tape to Results: Creating a Government That Works Better & Costs Less. Report of the National Performance Review.
Red tape: bureaucracy, structural violence, and poverty in India
RED TAPE AND DELAYED ENTRY
Research Note: Public and Private Managers' Perceptions of Red Tape
Red Tape and Public Employees: Does Perceived Rule Dysfunction Alienate Managers?
Red Tape and Task Delays in Public and Private Organizations
Red Tape And Corruption
Bureaucracy and Red Tape
Red-Tape and the Service EthicSome Unexpected Differences Between Public and Private Managers